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- New sobriquet: “Arsenic and Old Lace”
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
• That if Bruce Rauner’s budget is approved we’re likely to see fare increases and longer wait times for CTA, Metra, and Pace? —Tal Rosenberg
• That a band of intellectual vandals has spray-painted “Kant is a moron,” along with a flower and a heart, on the philosopher’s house in Kaliningrad, Russia? (Police are investigating, but “with Arthur Schopenhauer dead for 155 years . . . authorities start off with few strong leads.”) —Aimee Levitt
